Personal computer version of the TACOM thermal image model

Peter A. Seegers; Mitchell A. Cohen; Thomas H. Cook; Thomas J. Meitzler

doi:10.1117/12.180070

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8 July 1994 Personal computer version of the TACOM thermal image model (TTIM)

Peter A. Seegers, Mitchell A. Cohen, Thomas H. Cook, Thomas J. Meitzler

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Proceedings Volume 2224, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.180070
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

PCTTIM was developed under the joint sponsorship of TARDEC and the 7th Army Training Command in Germany as an instructional tool for the purpose of familiarizing thermal sight operators with a variety of vehicle types, thermal viewer types, and atmospheric effects. For this initial version the design goals were modest. We needed to present a user-friendly interface which allowed the operator to view a thermal image adjusted for atmospheric, optical, detector, and electronic effects. To this end, we took knowledge gained from implementing TTIM under Unix and built a simplified version on an Intel based PC system. PCTTIM is written in C++ (Borland C++ version 3.1 for Windows) and using Borland's Object Windows Library (OWL). This paper is divided into two major sections, a Model Description section and a Future Enhancements section. Each section is subdivided into user interface related issues and IR effects modeling issues. Under the Model Description section, the user interface sub-section is further subdivided by point of view. The student user's perspective is covered first, then the instructior user's perspective is covered.

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Peter A. Seegers, Mitchell A. Cohen, Thomas H. Cook, and Thomas J. Meitzler "Personal computer version of the TACOM thermal image model (TTIM)", Proc. SPIE 2224, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing V, (8 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.180070

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